Explanation
In November 2008, Ordinance #1774-2008 was passed by Columbus City Council authorizing the Director of Finance & Management to enter into a one (1) year lease and continuing automatically for successive one (1) year terms by and between the City of Columbus and the County Commissioners of Franklin County for the property located at 375 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio, 43215, and known as the Franklin County Municipal Court Building. The annual rent for the lease is the sum of the County's actual operating costs to provide janitorial service to the space occupied or used by the City and the pro-rated cost of the building casualty insurance excluding any coverage for contents. The costs for the 2009 lease year have now been finalized.
This legislation is to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to expend funds for the payment of annual rent for the one (1) year initial term beginning April 1, 2009 and ending March 31, 2010 for the lease agreement with the County Commissioners of Franklin County for the property located at 375 South High Street.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $349,299.00 appropriated pursuant to the 2009 General Fund Appropriation Ordinance.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow services to the building to continue without interruption.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to make payment to Franklin County for the rent of office space located at 375 South High Street , known as the Franklin County Municipal Court Building, for the period beginning April 1, 2009 and ending March 31, 2010; to authorize the expenditure of $349,299.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($349,299.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the City has entered into a lease with the County Commissioners of Franklin County for the property located at 375 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio, 43215: and
WHEREAS, the parties have agreed that the annual rent consideration for the initial term of the lease shall be the sum of the County's actual operating costs to provide janitorial service to the space occupied or used by the City with supplemental cleaning services billed on an hourly basis and the pro-rated cost (based on the City's occupancy) of building casualty insurance excluding any coverage for contents; and
WHEREAS, the commencement date of the lease as stated in Ordinance 1744 -2008 is now modified to April 1, 2009 by mutual agreement by the parties; and
WHEREAS, the City appropriated rental funds pursuant to the 2009 General Fund Appropriation Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the expenditure of rental funds; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Finance and Management be, and hereby is authorized to expend $349,299.00 for payment of annual rent for the term of the lease now commencing on April 1, 2009 and terminating on March 31, 2010.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $349,299.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in Section 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 45-07
Fund: 010
OCA Code: 450044
Object Level 1: 03
Object Level 3: 3301
Amount: $349,299.00
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to insure that this contract is properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City's financial records. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any changes to revise the funding source for any contract or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.